TURN - A Season of Sacred Return

By Melinda Gaye

TURN is a contemplative spirituality book that follows autumn from the first subtle signs of change through harvest, the holiday season, the Winter Solstice, and the threshold of winter.

Through six movements-Tuning, Tending, Threshold, Turning, Temple, and Trusting-Melinda Gaye explores autumn as both a natural season and an interior journey. As the light changes, leaves fall, familiar traditions return, and the outer world gradually gathers inward, TURN turns attention toward consciousness, memory, change, waiting, sacredness, relationship, and trust.

Drawing from yogic philosophy, mystical Christianity, metaphysical teaching, contemplative practice, and the wisdom of the natural world, the book explores Heart Center, the Inner Table, the spiritual heart, the human body as Temple, sacred waiting, the harvest, Advent, Light, and the unseen processes that continue before visible evidence appears.

Nature and ordinary life become part of the teaching. Moonrises, doorways, meals, family gatherings, changing leaves, waiting rooms, candlelight, darkness, animals, seasonal traditions, and the approaching holidays are examined as places where spiritual awareness can deepen and Divine Presence can be encountered.

Stories, Sacred Pauses, seasonal reflections, and experiential practices are woven throughout the book, allowing readers to engage the teachings within the rhythms of daily life.

Written for readers drawn to contemplative spirituality, seasonal living, nature-based reflection, Christian mysticism, yoga philosophy, metaphysics, and the exploration of consciousness, TURN offers a thoughtful companion for the inward months of the year.

Part of the four-book Sacred Seasons series, TURN stands on its own while continuing a larger exploration of spring, summer, autumn, and winter as spiritual landscapes through which we encounter both the natural world and the deeper life within.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0997141042
• ISBN13: 9780997141047
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Buddhi Institute
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"